EXHIBIT DESIGN
Studio H + Daedalus, Inc.
PLACE OVER TIME
An exhibit on Boston through the lens of architectural history
Funded by the National Endowment for the Humanities, this exhibit for the Boston Landmarks Commission traces the growth of Boston through its architecture, focusing on the questions “Why do places change over time,” and “What are the new needs and aspirations that motivate people to reshape their city?”
Place Over Time” was installed in 9,000 sq. ft. at Museum Wharf, Boston, where it remained a popular destination for many years. Our role included: shaping the design concepts; preparing material for funding proposals; sequencing the historical research into an exhibit experience; producing models, artwork, and working drawings; and overseeing fabrication/installation. The exhibit incorporated participatory techniques, films, sound, graphic panels, prints, and photographs. Although designed for adults, the exhibit also appealed to young people with elements that invited them to touch, open, lift, and engage with the exhibits.
Project Team
Scholars: Historian Polly Chase Harrell and Nancy F. Cott
Designers and Project Managers: Emily Hiestand and Fred Golinko
Multimedia exhibit elements: Fred Brink, Envision
HARVARD LAB FOR COMPUTER GRAPHICS + SPATIAL ANALYSIS
A traveling exhibit on state-of-the-art computer mapping
The Harvard Laboratory, which researches leading edge applications in computer mapping, wished to make their programs more available to business and industry.
The solution was a traveling exhibit to present these capacities to audiences that included both technical experts and entrepreneurs. The exhibit includes holograms, live computer programs, slide decks, graphic panels, and participatory elements. The physical structures disassemble easily for transport, and include literature racks, storage, and seating.
Designers, Project Managers: Fred Golinko and Emily Hiestand
A three-dimensional US map displays eight types of computer maps keyed to geographic sites. The exhibit also includes a mapping terminal, hologram, slide deck, and revolving photo-wheel.
NEW ENGLAND REGIONAL COMMISSION
A traveling exhibit celebrating the northeast
For this project, we collaborated with the New England Regional Commission, a federal-state agency engaged in issues central to our area, to develop a traveling exhibit for use across the U.S.
We designed a series of visual panels featuring activities, customs, and landscapes that are characteristic of New England. The panels, along with a vivid background image surround an audio-visual kiosk and create a small theater for viewing a slide show produced by Envision.
Designers and Project Managers: Emily Hiestand and Fred Golinko
Slide Show: Fred Brink, Envision